Ojembe Blessing, PhD Candidate
Blessing Ojembe
PhD Candidate
Graduate Students
Department of Health Aging & Society
Area(s) of Interest:
Biography
Supervisor: Dr. Lydia Kapiriri
Funding: Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (2014-2017); CommonAge Australia 2018; Ronald Bayne Gerontology Award 2020
Research Interests: Aging, Loneliness, Social exclusion, Qualitative methods, Social policy, Black Older Adults
Education
PhD (Candidate) in Social Gerontology, McMaster University
MSc in Gerontology, University of Southampton (2017)
BSc in Social Work, University of Nigeria (2010)
Diploma in Social Work, University of Nigeria (2004)
Teaching
TA Experience:
January-April 2020 and January-April 2021
Teaching Assistant, McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Geraldine Voros
HLTH AGE 1AA3: Introduction to Aging & Society
September-December 2020
Teaching Assistant, McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne LeBlanc
HLTH AGE 2B03: Social Identity, Health and Illness
January-April 2019
Teaching Assistant, McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne LeBlanc
HLTH AGE 1BB3: Introduction to Health & Society
Research
Selected Publications:
Ojembe, B. U., Kalu, M. E., Ezulike, C. D., John, M. O., Oyinlola, O., Osifeso, T. A., ... & Kapiriri, L. (2021). Exploration of Loneliness Among Black Older Adults. Social Science Protocols, 4, 1-11.
Kalu, M. E., Ojembe, B. U., Akinrolie, O., Okoh, A. C., Adandom, I. I., Nwankwo, H. C., ... & Obi, P. C. (2021). Setting priorities for ageing research in Africa: A systematic mapping review of 512 studies from sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Global Health, 11.
Grenier, Amanda and Ojembe, Blessing (2020). Culture, Mental, and Older People. In R. Moodley and E. Lee. The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Culture and Mental Health. Routledge: New York.
Ojembe, B.U. and Kalu, M.E. (2019). Television, Radio and Telephone: Tools for reducing loneliness among older adults in Nigeria. Journal of Gerontechnology, 18(1), pp. 36-46 https://journal.gerontechnology.org/currentIssueContent.aspx?aid=2719
Grenier, A., Griffin, M., Andrews, G., Wilton, R., Burke, E., Ojembe, B., Feldman, B., Papaioannou, A. (2019). Meanings and Feelings of (Im)mobility in Later Life: Case Study Insights from a ‘New Mobilities’ Perspective. Journal of Aging Studies, 51 (2019) 100819. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089040651930324X
Nwankwo, H. C., Akinrolie, O., Adandom, I., Obi, P. C., Ojembe, B. U., & Kalu, M. E. (2019). The clinical experiences of Nigerian physiotherapists in managing environmental and socioeconomic determinants of mobility for older adults. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1-13.
Ojembe, B.U. & Kalu, M.E. (2018). Describing reasons for loneliness among older people in Nigeria. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61:6, 640-658. DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2018.1487495
RA Experience:
January 2021
Research Assistant, McMaster University Faculty Association
McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Lydia Kapiriri
January-April 2019
Research Assistant, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging
McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Amanda Grenier